Above the Standard Ride Inspection Paperwork

03/12/2025

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Brain Injury Awareness Month 🧠

Continuing our focus on head protection, let's shine a light on the advantages of modern safety helmets over traditional hard hats. OSHA mandates that employers ensure workers wear protective helmets in areas where there's a risk of head injury from falling objects or electrical hazards.

1️⃣ Compliance with standards like ANSI Z89.1 ensures optimal protection

2️⃣ Why Safety Helmets?: Safety helmets offer several advantages over traditional hard hats:

✅ Enhanced Impact Protection: Safety helmets provide superior protection against top and side impacts, reducing the risk of brain injuries.

✅ Chin Straps: Unlike hard hats, safety helmets come with chin straps that keep the helmet securely in place, even during falls or intense movements.

✅ Comfort and Ventilation: Modern safety helmets are designed with padded interiors and ventilation, making them more comfortable to wear, especially in hot environments.

✅ Longer Life Cycle: Safety helmets typically last longer than hard hats, offering better value over time.

Let's commit to safer workplaces and protect one of our most valuable asset – our brain. For more information, read this OSHA Publication on Safety Helmets:https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/safety_helmet_shib.pdf

Brain Injury Association of America

07/25/2024

A.T.S./Above the Standard!

Has just completed our:
Workplace Violence Program

Park & mobile owner/Operators!

All materials are available in English & Spanish!

Visit our website for available materials!
ats-abovethestandard.com

Or contact: Samantha Stanley
209-251-8063
[email protected]

Amusement device/ride consulting and inspection materials. A.T.S Has just completed our: Workplace Violence Program! All materials are available in English & Spanish!It is available July 26, 2024! Advocating for amusement ride owners/operators since 2008.Headquartered in Sacramento, CA. our company....

07/11/2024

ATS/Above the Standard has a new & updated website!

Amusement device/ride consulting and inspection materials. Advocating for amusement ride owners/operators since 2008.Headquartered in Sacramento, CA. our company was founded when A.S.T.M. criteria became mandatory to all owners/operators. Requiring all amusement ride/device owners to comply with A.S...

01/09/2021

For a complete copy of the A.T.S./Above the Standard, Covid Protection Program.
Feel free to contact us at:
Samantha Stanley
[email protected]
209-251-8063

Covid-19 Operational Protection Policy:

The following policies are to direct the Outdoor Amusement Business in re-opening procedures and safe operation within the unprecedented circumstances brought about by Covid-19.

The Challenge:

The Outdoor Amusement Business is presently unable to reopen due to the impacts of Covid-19. Social Distancing and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) only go so far in protecting the visitors and the employees of each operation. Enhanced cleaning and disinfection protocols must be implemented.

Surfaces and products that are subject to human contact must be made safer to handle and be treated against frequent re-contamination.

Frequent discontinuation of services of rides, attractions and amenities for the purpose of repeated cleaning and disinfection is not cost-effective and labor-intensive. Priority must be directed to the operations of these services, visitor safety and enjoyment of the experience as a whole.

The conventional approach to cleaning and disinfection of surfaces has been in two steps:

1. Apply a spray-on cleaning solution and wiping it off with a cloth
2. Apply a spray-on disinfectant solution and wiping it off with a cloth

Disinfectant solutions work to kill bacteria, viruses and other germs while the surface is wet with the product. Once the disinfectant is dried or wiped off, the killing function of the solution ends.
The disinfected surface is immediately subject to re-contamination through human contact or respiratory droplets landing on the surface. Therefore, the surface must be re-cleaned and sanitized once again, thereby creating a circular procedure and not protecting the visitor or employee in-between cleanings.
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The Solution: SiArmor

A.T.S. has identified a category of antimicrobial disinfectants which have long-lasting effectiveness. These antimicrobials, when applied to a clean dry surface, have been proven to last up to 90-days. They are spray applied and, once the surface is air dried, create a bonded surface which attracts the microbe and kills it on contact. The coatings are designed to bridge the gap in-between regularly scheduled cleanings.

A.T.S. has determined that SiArmor is such a product and has been in contact with the manufacturer/distributor to conduct due diligence into the underlying technology, value proposition specific to the Outdoor Amusement Business, pricing and availability. We have had discussions with experts in the field, researched EPA requirements and spoken with epidemiologists regarding the effectiveness of this product.

We are basing our initiative upon completed research. A.T.S. Guidelines follow.

01/09/2021

November 30, 2020

To all A.T.S./Above the Standard clients, associates and affiliates:
RE: Covid Protection Program: Re-opening procedures, Active Antimicrobial Coating.

A.T.S./Above the Standard has changed it’s program with specific changes to our distribution company. At the onset/beginning of our program to assist with re-opening, we vetted and endorsed a specific product, an Active Antimicrobial coating for uses within the Outdoor Amusement Industry to ensure the safety of our personnel and customers, and in compliance with accepted protocols, provide a program to facilitate a “solution” to demonstrate our safety programs to protect against the spread of Covid-19.
Our original recommendation of a distribution company, Virabond/S3global has not demonstrated the ability and or acumen to enable viability as a distribution company to the standards that I would continue my endorsement of the company to my clients.
At this time, we have secured a distribution agreement with the parent company, that is the exact same product, SiArmor.
All of the information and procedures within the Covid Protection Program are exactly the same, and all information has been changed to reflect our new distributor, SiArmor.
In addition to the original program, the updated SiArmor program has the addition of an indoor device, ActivePure Technologies, LLC, an air purifying technology inactivated over 99.9% of highly concentrated airborne SARS-CoV-2 virus in an enclosed setting in just 3 minutes, below detectable levels. We believe this additional product will enhance the program, by enabling Covid 19 protection in closed areas (indoor), such as offices, administration facilities, warehouses, bunkhouses, personnel vehicles, indoor attractions such as funhouses, seating facilities and all other indoor venues.
A.T.S./Above the Standard will continue its ongoing efforts to assist owners/operators in re-opening of the Outdoor Amusement Business.
Thank you and everyone be safe.

Samantha Stanley
A.T.S./Above the Standard
[email protected]
209-251-8063

02/28/2014

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02/28/2014

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The Amusement Industry Manufacturers and Suppliers (AIMS) association is dedicated to Amusement Industry safety. Industry specific training & certifications are offered locally onsite and at the AIMS signature Safety Seminar Event. This annual, comprehensive training experience immerses students in…

02/28/2014

Britton Gallagher adds staff to its entertainment insurance division
BY AT STAFF | FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Cleveland, Ohio—Britton Gallagher announced the expansion of its staff with the recent hiring of industry veterans Rick D’Aprile, Gene Berger, Rodney Gerbers, David Gallace, Randy Ebens, Tammy Catterton, April Merino and Jennifer Wolfe.

The group brings decades of experience in the entertainment and specialty insurance industry and are experts in creating unique risk management solutions. This team will support Britton Gallagher’s specialty insurance division, which has already experienced large success with niche markets such as pyrotechnics, professional athletes and entertainers along with amusements and life sciences.

“The entire Britton Gallagher team is excited to welcome the new staff additions,” stated Dennis Laughlin, President and CEO of Britton Gallagher. “We are eager to develop new programs which utilize the team’s extensive experiences and expertise which will allow us to offer a level of unprecedented service to niche markets in the entertainment industry.”

Founded in 1942, Britton Gallagher, a Cleveland-based privately owned insurance brokerage firm has been providing liability and risk management solutions for a diverse scope of industries. The service-based client model has established Britton Gallagher as the leader in unique arenas including amusement, pyrotechnics, life sciences, professional athletes and entertainers, construction, employee benefits, childcare and executive risk. For more information on Britton Gallagher, please visit www.brittongallagher.com or contact the office at (800) 607-4711.

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